The Railroads of the United States: Their History and Statistics Comprising the Progress and Present Condition of the Various Lines with Their Earnings and Expenses. To which are Added a Synopsis of the Railroad Laws of the United States, and an Article on the Comparative Merits of Iron and Steel RailsA. Williams, 1868 - 452 páginas |
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... construction of the roads themselves . But in 1820 , Mr. Thomas Gray , of England , published a book in which he propounded a general iron railroad , or land steam conveyance , to supersede the necessity of horses in all public vehicles ...
... construction of the roads themselves . But in 1820 , Mr. Thomas Gray , of England , published a book in which he propounded a general iron railroad , or land steam conveyance , to supersede the necessity of horses in all public vehicles ...
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... construction . When the works approached completion , it was necessary to decide what motive power should be used . Horse power was found to be altogether inadequate . In order to attract the attention of men of science to the ...
... construction . When the works approached completion , it was necessary to decide what motive power should be used . Horse power was found to be altogether inadequate . In order to attract the attention of men of science to the ...
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... construction of eighteen hundred miles more . Ten years ago , a writer in the " London Economist ” called attention to the £ 300,000,000 which , up to that time , had been embarked in railroad enterprises in England , as the largest ...
... construction of eighteen hundred miles more . Ten years ago , a writer in the " London Economist ” called attention to the £ 300,000,000 which , up to that time , had been embarked in railroad enterprises in England , as the largest ...
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... construction , and success in completion , the gigantic achievements of engineering performed in the laying of great railroads , greatly surpass in magnitude as well as in utility , those that have left their own monuments from earlier ...
... construction , and success in completion , the gigantic achievements of engineering performed in the laying of great railroads , greatly surpass in magnitude as well as in utility , those that have left their own monuments from earlier ...
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... construction ; and third , to the prevailing manner of working railroads in the United States . The immense cost in the construction of English railroads is mainly derived from the extravagant prices which are demanded , and have to be ...
... construction ; and third , to the prevailing manner of working railroads in the United States . The immense cost in the construction of English railroads is mainly derived from the extravagant prices which are demanded , and have to be ...
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acres Alleghany amount bonds Boston branch bridge Buffalo built cago canal cent Chicago and Northwestern Cincinnati commenced completed connection consolidation construction corporation cost Council Bluffs depot distance Division dollars namely dred earnings engines Erie Railroad Escanaba expenses extending feet Fond du Lac Fort Wayne franchises freight cars Galena Galena and Chicago Galena Company Green Bay hundred and fifty Illinois Central Railroad increased Indiana Jersey Kenosha Lac Railroad Company Lake Superior lands lease legislature line of road locomotives Michigan Central Railroad Michigan Southern Railroad millions of dollars Mississippi River Missouri River mortgage mountain Northwestern Railroad Northwestern Railway Company opened operation pany passenger cars Paul and Fond Peninsula Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia Pittsburg portion rolling stock route running secured stockholders thirty thousand five hundred thousand nine three hundred tion Toledo track traffic trains tunnel Wayne Western Railroad whole Wisconsin York and Erie York Central Railroad
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Página 427 - Xo person holding stock in any such company, as executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, and no person holding such stock as collateral security, shall be personally subject to any liability as stockholder of such company...
Página 433 - To regulate the time and manner in which passengers and property shall be transported, and the tolls and compensation to be paid therefor...
Página 427 - ... but the person pledging such stock shall be considered as holding the same, and shall be liable as a stockholder accordingly, and the estates and funds in the hands of such executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee shall be liable, in like manner and to the same extent, as the testator or intestate, or the ward or person interested in such fund, would have been if he had been living and competent to act, and held the stock in his own name.
Página 425 - ... and thereupon the persons who have so subscribed such articles of association, and all persons who shall become stockholders in such company, shall be a corporation...
Página 424 - Any number of persons, not less than five, may form a company for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating a railroad for public use in the conveyance of persons and property...
Página 433 - From time to time to borrow such sums of money as may be necessary for completing and finishing or operating their railroad, and to issue and dispose of their bonds for any amount so borrowed, and to mortgage their corporate property and franchises to secure the payment of any debt contracted by the company for the purposes aforesaid...
Página 427 - In case any company foraied under this act is unable to agree for the purchase of any real estate required for the purposes of its incorporation, it shall have the right to acquire title to the same in the manner and by the special proceedings prescribed in this act.
Página 438 - All the stockholders of every company incorporated under this act, shall be severally, individually liable to the creditors of the company in which they are stockholders, to an amount equal to the amount of stock held by them respectively...
Página 426 - ... service performed for such company, but shall not be liable to an action therefor before an execution shall be returned unsatisfied in whole or in part against the corporation, and the amount due on such execution shall be the amount recoverable with costs against such stockholder. Before such laborer or servant shall charge such stockholders for such thirty days...
Página 424 - ... and for that purpose may make and sign articles of association, in which shall be stated the name of the company ; the number of years the same is to continue ; the...